Chaitanya Bhagavata
by Bhumipati Dāsa | 2008 | 1,349,850 words
The Chaitanya Bhagavata 2.1.237, English translation, including a commentary (Gaudiya-bhasya). This text is similair to the Caitanya-caritamrita and narrates the pastimes of Lord Caitanya, proclaimed to be the direct incarnation of Krishna (as Bhagavan) This is verse 237 of Madhya-khanda chapter 1—“The Beginning of the Lord’s Manifestation and His Instructions on Krishna-sankirtana”.
Verse 2.1.237
Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 2.1.237:
অনাযাসেন মরণং বিনা দৈন্যেন জীবনম্ অনারাধিত গোবিন্দ- চরণস্য কথং ভবেত্ ॥ ২৩৭ ॥
अनायासेन मरणं विना दैन्येन जीवनम् अनाराधित गोविन्द- चरणस्य कथं भवेत् ॥ २३७ ॥
anāyāsena maraṇaṃ vinā dainyena jīvanam anārādhita govinda- caraṇasya kathaṃ bhavet || 237 ||
anayasena maranam vina dainyena jivanam anaradhita govinda- caranasya katham bhavet (237)
English translation:
(237) “For one who has never worshiped the lotus feet of Lord Govinda, how is it possible for Him to live in comfort and die in peace?
Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:
See Ādi-khaṇḍa, Chapter Seven, verse 136.